On Mon, 19 Feb 2001, Tony Preston wrote:

> I supplied an RPM to a consulting customer using the i686 so that it would
> only install on a PIII. That works fine... However, an attempt was made
> to install it on a lesser laptop by using the --force option and it would
> not override it. Is this a bug?
>
> I would think that --force would override all common sense and do the install
> anyway... Please enlighten me...:)
>
>
from "man rpm"

--force
Same as using --replacepkgs, --replacefiles, and
--oldpackage.

--ignorearch
This allows installation or upgrading even if the
architectures of the binary RPM and host don't
match.

Enlightened?
Mikkel
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